Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
Joined Nov 2022
Thiago Carvalho
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"I’ve come to realize that “long Covid” is a deceptive term for a condition that can trigger a diverse swarm of debilitating symptoms with no end in sight. What I’ve experienced is in no way just a lingering cough or a few weeks of fatigue after an acute Covid infection."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/14/opinion/my-life-with-long-covid.html
Thiago Carvalho
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The Sinister Career of Ariel Sharon: From Sabra and Shatila to Gaza
"Even during her final stage with cancer, Margarete prioritized the ongoing support of her last PhD student through both thesis submission and the viva process (equivalent to a thesis defense), which was successfully completed only a week before her death. Strikingly, Margarete remained positive to the end, bravely and selflessly focused on trying to make things better for others while personally thankful for what she had."
Thiago Carvalho
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'SARS-CoV-2, like many viruses, generates syncytia. Using SARS-CoV-2 and S (S) expressing recombinant vesicular stomatitis and influenza A viruses, we show that S-mediated syncytia formation provides resistance to interferons in cultured cells, human small airway-derived air-liquid interface cultures and hACE2 transgenic mice.'
"SARS-CoV-2 circulates continuously in the human population, but many transmission chains are self-limiting, while rarer superspreading events account for a substantial fraction of the virus’s total transmission. Heterogeneity in the respiratory viral loads is high and some infected humans release tens to thousands of SARS-CoV-2 virions/min [38, 39]. Our findings recapitulate this in an animal model and provide further insights into mechanisms underlying successful transmission events."
Thiago Carvalho
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In their Review, Hazlerigg & co discuss the impact of extreme cycles of solar illumination on the biological clocks of birds and mammals that spend all or part of their lives in the polar regions
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/23/jeb246308/335732
"I’ve come to realize that “long Covid” is a deceptive term for a condition that can trigger a diverse swarm of debilitating symptoms with no end in sight. What I’ve experienced is in no way just a lingering cough or a few weeks of fatigue after an acute Covid infection."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/14/opinion/my-life-with-long-covid.html
Thiago Carvalho
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Extensive variation and strain-specificity in dengue virus susceptibility among African Aedes aegypti populations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.14.571617v1?med=mas
Thiago Carvalho
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A broad antibody class engages the influenza virus hemagglutinin head at its stem interface https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.13.571543v1?med=mas
Thiago Carvalho
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The recent excitement surrounding Thread's arrival on the Fediverse is concerning. To understand why this is not a good idea, consider their economic interest in harvesting data, their poor moderation, and their manipulations. Nothing good can come from their federation. Don't roll out the red carpet for them.
Thiago Carvalho
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Madrid's Prado Museum reveals the hidden backside of art masterpieces.
A new exhibition at Madrid's Prado museum is throwing a spotlight on the reverse side of around 100 paintings, letting visitors see labels, seals and sketches that are usually hidden from view.
'Even as the wider US stock market approaches a record high, the S&P biotechnology index remains more than 50 per cent below its early 2021 peak.
However, the sector has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of a recent shift in interest rate expectations, bouncing more than 25 per cent since the start of November. A 5 per cent gain on Wednesday pushed it into positive territory for the year after declines of more than 20 per cent in 2021 and 2022.'
https://www.ft.com/content/f2c97f94-3c88-446b-a05b-2eed14843435
Thiago Carvalho
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'An artist’s rendering of a young Gorgosaurus eating a small, feathered dinosaur called Citipes. The prey animal was consumed during the last week of the Gorgosaurus’s life. Credit: Julius Csotonyi/Royal Tyrrell Museum'
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/science/tyrannosaur-last-meal-gorgosaurus.html
Thiago Carvalho
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'Recentemente, foi divulgado um estudo (O Futuro da Ciência e da Universidade, por Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues e Jorge Rodrigues da Costa, Edições Almedina) que indica que o investimento público em investigação e desenvolvimento (I&D) está hoje abaixo do que era em 1991, sendo de apenas 0,32% do PIB (menos de metade da média da OCDE).'
https://www.publico.pt/2023/12/13/ciencia/opiniao/futuro-ciencia-portugal-2073279
Thiago Carvalho
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'The Portuguese singer, songwriter and guitarist Sara Tavares in 2018. “It will be a long time,” she once said, “before the people from my generation do not have to choose between being African or European.”
Credit: Sipa, via Associated Press
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/arts/music/sara-tavares-dead.html
Thiago Carvalho
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Song idea for Evil Lionel Ritchie/Evil Diana Ross duet. Prato falante.
Glazed #stoneware by @hunchbacksociety
#proverbs #proverbios #ceramics #plate #pottery #artgallery #handmade @madparreira.bsky.social
Thiago Carvalho
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Exciting development for brain stimulation therapies.
Building on work that teases apart causes in a complex system, predicts which stimulating electrodes will be effective based on resting activity alone.
Amin Nejatbakhsh, Francesco Fumarola, Saleh Esteki, Taro Toyoizumi, Roozbeh Kiani, and Luca Mazzucato
https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043211
The work builds on 2012 insights from George Sugihara:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1227079
In a complex system, variables are nonlinearly related; consequently, you can play some nifty tricks. This one is called convergent cross-mapping (CCM). More of us should know about it!
"The study confirms prior research that had pointed to the hormone, called GDF15. The researchers found that the amount of hormone circulating in a woman’s blood during pregnancy — as well as her exposure to it before pregnancy — drives the severity of her symptoms."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/health/morning-sickness-hyperemesis-gravidarum.html
Thiago Carvalho
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The number of journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023 now exceeds numbers killed in the whole of Vietnam war https://dorseteye.com/the-number-of-journalists-killed-in-gaza-since-october-2023-now-exceeds-the-whole-of-vietnam-war/
Thiago Carvalho
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And the Nature paper itself (paywalled for some)
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
Joined Nov 2022
